voodooing

verb

present participle of voodoo
as in possessing

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  1. possessing
  2. cursing
  3. charming
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  • Fogel was imprisoned in 2021, sentenced to 14 years on charges of possessing marijuana.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Randy and Ramon Landa were also charged with being a felon possessing a weapon, sheriff’s police said.
    — Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of possessing
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  • Video that the teen lobster diver's family shared with ABC Miami affiliate WSVN allegedly shows Simpson swimming away from the third lung and back to the Contender vessel as people on Del Sol's boat began yelling and cursing at him.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Obumseli chronicled their arguments in a series of recordings, which caught Clenney angrily screaming, berating and cursing him out using racist slurs.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Definition of cursing
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  • As John and Gates are playing cards, with the con man still working on charming the agent, the first guard assigned outside in the hallway drops.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Plant flowering shrubs or vines that can trail over the top, charming the neighbors while screening the view at the same time.
    — Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 13 July 2026
Definition of charming
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“Voodooing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voodooing. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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